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Marylebone 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE II.—Giving the Causes of Deaths during the September quarter, 1903, at the Middlesex Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, the Workhouse, the Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth, and the Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill, W.

Middlesex HospitalQueen Charlotte's Hospital.Samaritan Hospital.WorkhouseNotting Hill Infirmary.Hospital of St. John & Elizabeth Grove Rd.
Smallpox............
Influenza............
Scarlet Fever............
Diphtheria............
Typhoid Fever............
Diarrhœa........2..
Erysipelas6......2..
Pneumonia and Pleurisy2......6..
Pysemia....1......
Syphilis1......1..
Cancer35......11..
Phthisis & Tuberculosis4......333
Rheumatism............
Apoplexy............
Paralysis........4..
Bronchitis2......15..
Asthma............
Peritonitis........,..,..
Disease of Brain............
„ Heart12......7..
„ Kidney............
„ Liver1....13..
,, Uterus............
,, Ovary............
Parturition............
Diabetes............
Fractures and Injuries6......6..
Old Age........1..
Low Vitality, Infants............
Premature Birth..6..1....
Other causes43523231
Total*112†11**35114***4

*Of the 112 deaths in the Middlesex Hospital, 88 were those of non-parishioners.
†Seven of the 11 deaths in Queen Charlotte's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
**The 3 deaths in the Samaritan Hospital were those of non-parishioners.
***Three of the 4 deaths in St. John's Hospital were those of non-parishioners.